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Yesterday the SCV Awards continued for another year once again recognising those who dedicate themselves to climbing each year with the aim of bringing our climbing community closer together.

This year the voting was opened up to the SCV members allowing everyone’s voice to be heard.

Congratulations to those members of our community who received an award:

Sport Climbing Victoria would also like to make a special mention of Riley Edwards and ClimbingQTs.  They have put together an amazing group and continue to foster diversity within the climbing community.  Riley has shown great leadership setting up this group.

Thank you to all those who came to help us celebrate!

On Sunday 24 November, 2019 the SCV AGM was held and the new board was elected!

Your 2019/2020 board:

• Phil Goebel
• Ellen White-Mackenzie
• Tim Addicoat
• James Gooden
• Steph Gooden
• Yvette Harrison
• Katie Kaminsky
• Karen Powell
• Gaetan Riou
• Moriah Broadbent-Hogan
• Janette Burch

We would also like to say a big thank you to outgoing board members Roisin Briscoe and Ally Driessen.  Thank you for your dedication over the years!

Sport Climbing Victoria (SCV) is very pleased to announce the success of our grant application through the Together More Active pathway.  The Together More Active program aims to increase participation within sports and in doing so generate equity, diversity and inclusiveness.

“Sport Climbing Victoria in partnership with Outdoors Victoria will develop governance framework options for climbing organisations in Victoria. The project seeks to enhance areas of licensing, safety, links to elite performance, insurance, environmental management and conservation, legal support, training and operational best practice.” – sport.vic.gov.au

We look forward to getting started on these initiatives!

For more information on the grant funding, click here.

The biggest event on the Australian calendar was held earlier this month from 7 – 10 November, 2019.  Athletes from across Australia flocked to NSW to determine the 2019 National Champions in all three disciplines: Lead, Speed and Boulder.

This year had the added pressure of being a qualification event to the 2020 Oceania Titles which will be held from 28 – 29 March, 2020. The Oceania Titles are then the qualification event for this regions Olympic spot for Tokyo 2020 where one female and one male will be selected to compete.

Victoria sent a strong team of 6 athletes with 4 of these competing in the combined event required to qualify for the Oceania Titles.  We are very pleased to announce that all 4 athletes finished in the top 8 combined results and therefore automatically qualify for the Oceania Titles.

Congratulations to Grace Crowley, James Kassay, Oceana Mackenzie and Ned Middlehurst!

All athletes produced amazing results and a special mention to Oceana Mackenzie who is the National Champion in all three disciplines!

Victorian Results:

*All ranks are Australian Ranking, view below results for competition ranking.

For full lead results, click here.
For full boulder results, click here.
For full speed results, click here.
For full combined results, click here.

Good luck to all our athletes in the Oceania Titles 2020!

Would you or your company like to sponsor one of our athletes leading into the Olympics? Please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au.

Photo by Yvette Harrison

Next Sunday 24 November, 2019 SCV will be conducting their AGM and electing the board for 2020.

At the AGM we will also be celebrating the winners of the SCV awards 2018/2019 and we look forward to seeing you there!

Details

By now all members should have received their notice of the SCV AGM via email on 3rd November. If you have not received your notification please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au.

We are very excited to announce the Victorian Team selected to represent us at Nationals on the 7 – 10 November, 2019.  This event is a qualifying event for the 2020 Oceanic Titles which in turn is a qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The following athletes will take on the best athletes of Australia:

Open A Male

Open A Female

A special mention to Sarah Davis who was also selected for combined but was forced to withdraw due to injury. We wish you a speedy recovery!

Congratulations to all those athletes selected!

The Mammut 2019 Open National Lead, Speed and Boulder Championships are scheduled to be held next month as follows:

Date: 7 – 10 November, 2019
Location: Boulder: St Peters, Lead and Speed: SICG Villawood, Sydney NSW
More Information: Visit Sport Climbing Australia

This event is then the qualifier for Oceanic Titles which will be held from 28 – 29 March, 2020.

Would you or your company like to sponsor one of our athletes leading into the Olympics? Please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au.

The two final Worldcups of the season were held this month in Xiamen, China from 18 – 20 October, 2019 and Inzai, Japan from 26 – 27 October 2019.

The usual Australian suspects made the journey to compete with Oceana Mackenzie and Campbell Harrison from Victoria; Joshua Damasco from WA and Lucy Stirling representing QLD with the following results across lead and speed:

Xiamen

Lead

• Joshua Damasco – 50th
• Campbell Harrison – 40th
• Oceana Mazkenzie – 37th
• Lucy Stirling – 46th

Speed

• Campbell Harrison – 59th
• Oceana Mazkenzie – 51st
• Lucy Stirling – 50th

For full results, click here.

Inzai

Lead

• Joshua Damasco – 47th
• Oceana Mazkenzie – 32nd
• Lucy Stirling – 38th

For full results, click here.

Would you or your company like to sponsor one of our athletes leading into the Olympics? Please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au.

Photo by Sytse van Slooten 

As we head into Olympic year (2020) our athletes are ramping up their training.  In the lead up to the Olympic games the ANOC World Beach Games were held in Doha, Qatar from 12 – 16 October with the Bouldering event being held from 13 – 14 October, 2019.

19 males from 13 countries and 19 females from 17 countries were selected to represent their nation at the games. For Australia, we were represented by two strong Australian athletes in Oceana Mackenzie and Campbell Harrison who finished 17th and 19th respectively.

To view the full results, click here.

Competing in this event will have provided invaluable experience and knowledge for the athletes to further develop in 2020 and reach their Olympic dreams.

Are you a company who would like to sponsor one of our athletes to reach the Olypmics?  Please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au to find out more!

Tasmania hosted the last boulder state titles of the season in the last weekend of September.  As always the Tasmanian crew are very welcoming and a number of the Victorian crew made the trip south to the ever green state.

Congratulations to all the athletes:

Junior

• 2nd – Bode Tuckerman (Youth A Male)
• 3rd – Jody Wong (Youth C Female)
• 3rd – Jaime Wong (Youth D Female)

Open

• 6th – Bode Tuckerman
• 4th – Sarah Davis

Next stop for the open athletes…Nationals!